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HPE ConvergedSystem vs IBM PurePower System comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

HPE ConvergedSystem
Ranking in Converged Infrastructure
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Converged Infrastructure for SAP HANA (1st)
IBM PurePower System
Ranking in Converged Infrastructure
10th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Converged Infrastructure category, the mindshare of HPE ConvergedSystem is 11.2%, down from 17.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM PurePower System is 4.5%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Converged Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE ConvergedSystem11.2%
IBM PurePower System4.5%
Other84.3%
Converged Infrastructure
 

Featured Reviews

Charu Mazumdar - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Architect at DXC Technology
A robust product that offers great flexibility
The initial setup process was neither easy nor difficult, as it is somewhere in the middle, but at times, it is difficult to make certain decisions. The availability of the product is high. The deployment model of the product is chosen depending on the requirements of the customers, but our company does sea consultancy to figure out what the advantages and disadvantages of both deployment models are. The discussions mostly led my company to opt for a hybrid cloud deployment model. It doesn't take more than two days to complete if the installation is only for a couple of systems, or else if there are multiple ways to decide, then the installation part depends on the rate type.
it_user1288227 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of IT Infrastructure Division at ADM
Easy to work on and has never had any glitches or issues
My advice to others would be the following: if you have a traditional application, like core banking, or transactional, or something that has to do with money, it is better to go with IBM. The reason I'm saying this is because it is more stable and easier to monitor. But if you are looking for the newest architecture of the application cloud, you should go with either hyper-converged or converged. I would like to see better management and high availability in the next release of this program. With classical architectural systems, it's more delicate and difficult to have a high availability of systems. But with hyper-converged systems, we can have it in the easiest way. On a scale from one to ten, I will rate this program an eight.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to restore lost machines. Essentially its high availability capabilities are extremely valuable to us."
"The storage, BladeSystems, Virtual Connect, and simplicity with hyper-converged solutions are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Over the last four years we had a 99.9% uptime."
"The user interface, reporting, and management are good, and we are quite happy with the performance."
"We used to use Dell blades and we didn't have Virtual Connect, so configuring the networks and all of that for our servers took a lot longer."
"Previously, with a traditional extract transform load process, it would take us three hours to load our large volume tables, now it takes us about ten minutes on SAP HANA on a ConvergedSystem platform."
"We use the solution for DDI."
"After we migrated to this environment, everything changed."
"I am very impressed by the stability of the program."
"We never have any issues or glitches."
 

Cons

"Features that should be addressed concern the HPE functionality and the interaction with VMware."
"Technical support hasn't seemed to be that simple or that easy."
"This is an expensive solution and could be improved with lower pricing."
"This is an expensive solution."
"The interface is not fully integrated with the ESXi, which is something that could be improved."
"With ConvergedSystem, we'd like to see just how portable and scalable HP can make it. Is it really just an add-on each time and not a complete redesign?"
"This is an expensive system and not every customer has the kind of budget to support it."
"It could be enhanced by improving the built-in backup solution."
"The management is really difficult when it comes to systems with traditional services."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."
"The pricing is competitive. Not a major problem. We have a subscription model."
"This is an expensive system and not every customer has the kind of budget to support it."
"There are some extra costs in addition to the licensing costs for the yearly maintenance from professional third-party services."
"I rate the product price an eight and a half on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"Pricing is good. We have not calculated what hyper-converged infrastructure has brought us but I think there has to be some lower cost for us, compared to the public cloud. Obviously, there would be a lower cost, probably by more than half."
"This is an expensive solution."
"The pricing is sensitive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Computer Software Company
6%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise13
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Also Known As

HPE ConvergedSystem 700, HPE ConvergedSystem for SAP HANA, CS500, HPE ConvergedSystem 900, HPE ConvergedSystem 500, HPE ConvergedSystem 300
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Sample Customers

FAW-Volkswagen, NICS, NBrIX, Pinpoint, HPE Technology Services, SWS, Ko Sistem, HPE
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